On 2015 Jan 15, David Mage commented:

SIDS is not "inextricable." It only appear so to the non-mathematically inclined because the cited "Triple-Risk Hypothesis" cannot predict the mathematical form of the universal SIDS age and gender distributions.

Perhaps SIDS can be unlocked by explaining why SIDS throughout the world has a fixed Johnson SB (4-parameter lognormal) age distribution and a binomial (pMale = 0.61) gender distribution, that requires a mathematical insight that is not often found in the SIDS community of pediatricians and pediatric pathologists. For example, the reader can see the three articles described here, as well as our other SIDS articles in PUBMED:

"The Consistent 50% Excess Male Infant Mortality from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Other Respiratory Diseases is Evidence of an X-Linkage." David T Mage and E. Maria Donner, Review Article: J Mol Genet Med 2014, 8: 123 doi: 10.4172/1747-0862.1000123

"All sudden and unexplained infant respiratory deaths may result from the same underlying mechanism." David T. Mage, E. Maria Donner, Mechtild Vennemann, Peter Fleming, Katia Sol-Church, Rebecca Drake, Sam Gulino. Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science 2012; 18(1):2-10.

"Is excess male infant mortality from sudden infant death syndrome and other respiratory diseases X-linked?" Mage DT, Donner EM. Acta Paediatr. 2014 Feb;103(2):188-93. doi: 10.1111/apa.12482. Epub 2013 Dec 20. PMID: 24164639

On 2015 Jan 15, David Mage commented:

SIDS is not "inextricable." It only appear so to the non-mathematically inclined because the cited "Triple-Risk Hypothesis" cannot predict the mathematical form of the universal SIDS age and gender distributions.

Perhaps SIDS can be unlocked by explaining why SIDS throughout the world has a fixed Johnson SB (4-parameter lognormal) age distribution and a binomial (pMale = 0.61) gender distribution, that requires a mathematical insight that is not often found in the SIDS community of pediatricians and pediatric pathologists. For example, the reader can see the three articles described here, as well as our other SIDS articles in PUBMED:

"The Consistent 50% Excess Male Infant Mortality from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Other Respiratory Diseases is Evidence of an X-Linkage." David T Mage and E. Maria Donner, Review Article: J Mol Genet Med 2014, 8: 123 doi: 10.4172/1747-0862.1000123

"All sudden and unexplained infant respiratory deaths may result from the same underlying mechanism." David T. Mage, E. Maria Donner, Mechtild Vennemann, Peter Fleming, Katia Sol-Church, Rebecca Drake, Sam Gulino. Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science 2012; 18(1):2-10.

"Is excess male infant mortality from sudden infant death syndrome and other respiratory diseases X-linked?" Mage DT, Donner EM. Acta Paediatr. 2014 Feb;103(2):188-93. doi: 10.1111/apa.12482. Epub 2013 Dec 20. PMID: 24164639